Designer	Thomas Lehmann
Artist	Matthias Catrein
Publisher	JKLM Games Rio Grande Games
Year Published	2007
# of Players	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players (32 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (12 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (21 voters) [vote]
Category	Ancient Civilization
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding
Expansion
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Primary Name	Phoenicia
Alternate Names	緋尼基人
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Empires rise and fall. In the buffer areas and crossroads between civilizations, however, a clever ruler can sometimes adopt new ideas, establish trade, and found a city state -- such as the great Phoenician cities of Tyre and Sidon -- that will outlast many neighbouring empires. Phoenicia is about building an empire worthy of an entry into the annals of time. You must build up your economy and increase your population whilst holding all others at bay. You will be challenged by your neighbouring countries to the next technology advancement that will help you to feed your population.

Some of this game's mechanics were borrowed from Outpost.

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Lots of information about this game is buried in the forums. The following is a list of the major items.

There have been a lot of complaints about the clarity of the rules. If there is anything you are unsure of, then the first post in http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/186479 is a FAQ covering all the common problems.
If you'd rather just start with a better version of the rules to use from scratch, http://www.boardgamegeek.com/file/info/28564 is a complete rewrite of the rulebook by Christopher Young ( Nova2001).
The game is available for real-time online play, on the publishers Interactive site, http://www.jklminteractive.co.uk . Play requires the user to download and install a Windows app which connects to the publisher's game server.

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Phoenicia

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English/German first edition

Publisher: JKLM Games, Rio Grande Games

Artist: Matthias Catrein

Year: 2007

Size: 13.11 x 9.37 x 3.31 inches

3.38 pounds

English, German

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5	Phoenicia Phoenicia - 2	English	calandale	0
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2	General Phoenicia's Shortcomings	2012-01-23	QBert80	9
0	Rules Played Tools wrong for the first few games.....	2011-12-19	TrekkerMJ	0
0	Rules First time player - Tools	2011-12-08	TrekkerMJ	3
0	General Number of Production cards	2011-05-15	Polydor	3
0	Rules Storage/Clothmaking	2011-01-08	ilgoga	1
0	Rules Upgrading tiles: What do your workers do?	2010-12-21	kvenosdel	2
1	General [POLL] Playing time of a two-player game	2010-11-19	drbloodmoney	0
26	Reviews First Play, 2-Player, First Impressions	2010-07-09	gohrns	7
0	Rules Making change question	2010-06-28	elcomadreja2	9
3	Variants More cards for the 2-player game	2010-06-17	BoB3K	4

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	Recommendations

Standard Recommendations
Indonesia	The Scepter of Zavandor

Weak Recommendations
Neuland	Antiquity	Kaivai	Glory to Rome
Outpost	Industria	Vino	R-Eco
Il Principe	The Bottle Imp	Canal Mania	Stephensons Rocket
Magna Grecia	Leonardo da Vinci	Volldampf	Moderne Zeiten
Hamburgum	Kogge	Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization	Die Dolmengötter
Brass	Amyitis

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Yspahan	Cuba	Mykerinos	Goa
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Ayuda para el jugador

Contiene en la misma hoja una ayuda detallada y un resumen con los puntos más importantes.

lolcese

2011-09-07

Player aid - Cards and buildings

Player aid: Cards description (cost, benefits, phase) Tiles description (benefits, tools cost) Corrected an error in the Dyer minimum bid.

lolcese

2011-09-06

Ayuda para el jugador - Cartas y edificios

Ayuda para el jugador: Descripción de las cartas (funciones, costo, beneficios, fase) Descripción de los establecimientos (beneficios, costo de las herramientas) Corregido un error en la subasta mínima del Dyer.

lolcese

2011-09-06

Ayuda Phoenicia, en tabla gráfica de edificios

Incluye fase en que aparece la carta, beneficios, costo, puntos, etc.

marioaguila

2009-12-28

Replacment Development Cards and Score Tracks

Phoenicia is a great game marred by some questionable production choices. I created this file to replace the parts that bothered me the most. This file includes replacement development cards and replacement score tracks. The score tracks include a separate income track and victory point track. Feel free to contact me with any questions, suggestions or corrections!

Isamoor

2009-02-23

Quick Reference v2

Phoenicia quick reference sheet version 2 in PDF format (now includes multiple-card discounts; uploaded with blessing of Richard Dewsbery)

humeral

2008-06-19

Cartas de Desarrollo en castellano - Development cards in Spanish

Cartas de Desarrollo para imprimir en tarjetón tamaño americano de 9,4 cm. x 21,6 cm.

marioaguila

2007-12-26

Phoenicia Quick Reference (corrected) in PDF

This is a PDF conversion of the file Phoenicia.xls.

snoweel

2007-12-13

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Phoenicia NovaRules Rewrite v1.1

The rulebook for Phoenicia leaves something to be desired. This is a 14-page document that lays out the same information in a way that some might find much more logical. It helps me, I hope it helps you. v1.0 Rules are rewritten and posted. v1.1 This has a few minor formatting changes, a reworded setup paragraph, and an extra FAQ. If you already have 1.0, this shouldn't really be necessary.

Nova2001

2007-12-08

Phoenicia revised German rules

This revised version 1.1 of the rules hopefully should answer any questions left open by the original printed rule. This is the official new German rule.

lucyfer

2007-11-13

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Pevans's review of Phoenicia (Fall 2007 - GAR)	http://www.pevans.co.uk/Reviews/Phoenicia.html#Top	2011-10-11
Polish review at http://planszowki.polter.pl	http://planszowki.polter.pl/Phoenicia-c19413	2011-05-16
Phoenicia Review by Board Game Reviews by Josh	http://jedwards14thegamer.blogspot.com/2010/11/pho...	2010-11-17
Dicetower Written Review	http://www.thedicetower.com/thedicetower/index.php...	2010-09-21
French review at Jedisjeux	http://www.jedisjeux.net/phoenicia-t-885.html	2010-02-09
Polish review at www.gamesfanatic.pl	http://www.gamesfanatic.pl/2008/03/21/phoenicia/	2010-01-20
English review from Gamers Alliance	http://www.gamersalliance.com/F07/phoenicia.htm	2009-09-17
RGG ENG Phoenicia rules	http://www.riograndegames.com/uploads/Game/Game_15...	2009-06-26
Review on www.GoodGameGuide.de (in German)	http://www.superfred.de/phoenicia.html	2009-01-12
Tarjetón con Cartas de Desarrollo de Phoenicia	http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dctx3933_983fsps2dwj	2007-12-21